Phillip (DD 498) - Naval Cruise Book

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To the Men who Sail Destroyers There's a roll and a pitch and a heave and a hitch To the nautical gait they take For they're used to the cant of decks aslant As the white-toothed combers break. On the plates that thrum like a beaten drum To the thrill of the turbines might And the knife bow leaps through the mighty deep With the speed of a shell in flight. Oh! their scorn is quick for the crews that stick To the battleship's steady floor For they love the lurch of their own frail porch. At thirty-tive knots or more. They don't get much of the drill and such. That the battleship iackies do But they sail the seas in their dungarees A grimy destoyer's crew They don't climb at their sleeping time To a hammock that sways and bumps. But leap kerplunk To a cozy bunk that Quivers and buck and jumps. They hear the sound of the waves that pound On the half-inch plates of steel. And they close their eyes to the lullabies Of the creading sides and keel. They're a lusty crowd That's vastly proud Of the slim greycraft they drive. Of the roaring screws and the humming flues That make her a thing alive. They love the lunge of her surging plunge And the murk of her smoke screen, too. As they sail the seas in their dungarees. A grimy destroyer's crew.

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Fuel oil 1,601,663 Gals. Water 2,247. 740 Gals. Toilet Paper 2,100 or 2,100,000 Sheets Money paid S168,816.00 Sets of Dishes purchased 57 sets Cokes 28,809 cups Days in port 71 Days Days at sea 118 Miles Traveled 36,877 miles Coffee used 2,912 lbs or appox. 262,100 cups. Teletype paper 252 Rolls Potatoes 32,600 lbs. Cigaretts 520,000 Clothes Washed 91,300lbs. Salt tablets 6,000 tablets Paint 351 Gals. Plus Quite a few grey hairs. Figures Run from 22 Apr. 1960 to 29 Oct. 1960

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